About

Dr. Gyekye-Jandoh is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Political Science. Her areas of specialization are Comparative Politics, Politics of the Developing World, Democratization, Democracy and Elections in Africa, Gender and Politics, and Civil Society and its Role in Elections.

Her current research covers Civil Society and its Relationship with Government/State, Civil Society and Its Role in Elections, Elections and Democracy in Ghana, Civil Society and Political Extremism in Ghana, Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa, The Role of the International Community in Ghana’s Democratization, and Explaining the Dearth of Women’s Political Participation in Ghana.

Education

• PhD Political Science - Temple University, Philadelphia
• M.A Political Science - Temple University, Philadelphia
• B.A. (Hons) Political Science (with a minor in Sociology) - University of Ghana, Ghana

Selected Publications

• Gyekye-Jandoh, M.A.A. (2021, forthcoming). Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa: A Comparative Study of Ghana and Nigeria. In Laasko, L. and S. Zondi. eds. Political Science Discipline in Africa: Freedom, Relevance, Impact.
• Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Gyekye-Jandoh, M. A. A., Asamoah, K., & Adams, S. (2021). Henceforth, We Will Never Walk Alone: Empirical Study on the Benefits of Participatory Governance and Leadership. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 1-24.
• Yeboah-Assiamah, E., Gyekye-Jandoh, M.A., Asamoah, K., and Mensah Damoah, C. (2020). Popular Support for Public Policies to Curb Political Vigilantism: Reflections from Ghanaian Electorate. Springer Nature: Switzerland AG.
• Darkwah, A.K., Medie, P. A. and Gyekye-Jandoh, M. (2017). Interrogating Large-Scale Land Acquisition and Its Implication on Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Ghana. Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights. Working Paper No. 401, August, 1-29.
• Gyekye-Jandoh, M.A.A. (2017). The International Community and Ghana’s Democratic Transition in the 1990s. Legon Journal of the Humanities, 28 (1), 46-61.